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• work hard — work with great effort, labor, toil …   English contemporary dictionary

• toil — toil1 [toil] vi. [ME toilen < Anglo Fr toiler, to strive, dispute < OFr toeillier, to pull about, begrime < L tudiculare, to stir about < tudicula, small machine for bruising olives < tudes, mallet < base of tundere, to beat… …   English World dictionary

• toil — [n] hard work application, drudgery, effort, exertion, industry, labor, moil, nine to five*, occupation, pains*, sweat, travail; concepts 100,362,677 Ant. entertainment, fun, pastime toil [v] work hard drive, drudge, grind, knock oneself out*,… …   New thesaurus

• hard — [härd] adj. [ME < OE heard, akin to Ger hart < IE base * kar , hard > Gr karyon, nut, kratos, strength] 1. not easily dented, pierced, cut, or crushed; resistant to pressure; firm and unyielding to the touch; rigid; solid and compact 2.… …   English World dictionary

• toil — I n. hard work 1) arduous, unremitting toil 2) physical toil II v. (D; intr.) ( to work hard ) to toil over * * * [tɔɪl] unremitting toil (D; intr.) ( to work hard ) to toil over [ hard work ] arduous physical toil …   Combinatory dictionary

• toil — 1. verb 1) she toiled all night Syn: work hard, labor, exert oneself, slave (away), grind away, strive, work one s fingers to the bone, put one s nose to the grindstone; informal slog away, plug away, beaver away, work one s butt off, sweat… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• toil — I n 1. labor, travail, sweat of one s brow, Inf. elbow grease; moil, drudgery, grind, menial work; hard work, hard labor, slavery; exertion, effort, strain, struggle, laboriousness, plodding, Inf. plugging, pegging; industry, industriousness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• toil — 1. verb 1) she toiled all night Syn: work, labour, slave, strive; informal slog, beaver; Brit.; informal graft 2) she began to toil up the path Syn: struggle, drag oneself …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• hard work — noun Something requiring lots of effort to do, either physical, mentally or emotionally; labor; toil. See Also: hard labor, work hard …   Wiktionary

• toil and moil — verb to work hard; to drudge; to toil, to moil …   Wiktionary

• toil — I. noun Etymology: Middle English toile, from Anglo French toyl, from toiller Date: 14th century 1. archaic a. struggle, battle b. laborious effort 2. long strenuous fatiguing labor Synonyms: see work • …   New Collegiate Dictionary